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. 2021 May;126(5):e182-e184.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.01.007. Epub 2021 Jan 18.

Mandatory preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection screening policies for paediatric surgery

Anne-Emmanuelle Colas  1 , Mehdi Azale  1 , Fanny Ayanmanesh  1 , Celine Tran  1 , Loannis Papapanayotou  1 , Rita Assaker  1 , Beatrice Bruneau  1 , Florence Julien-Marsollier  1 , Christopher Brasher  2 , Souhayl Dahmani  3
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Mandatory preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection screening policies for paediatric surgery

Anne-Emmanuelle Colas et al. Br J Anaesth. 2021 May.
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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 infection; paediatric anaesthesia; preoperative assessment; surgery.

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Rate of weekly positive reverse transcription—polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) (positive RT—PCR testing/total of RT—PCR testing performed) in the Ile-De-France region and in the cohort population during the study period. Regional data were lacking for the epidemiological weeks 19 and 20. COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
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